Bangalore

Accusing the Indian cricket board of wrongfully publishing the photographs of the Indian president and prime minister in its recent annual report, Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) secretary Aditya Verma has sought the intervention of the country’s first citizen in the matter.

Verma, in a letter to President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday, charged Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials of dragging the constitutional heads of the country into a controversy by publishing their photographs without approval on the cover page of the report.

Another suspected Indian Mujahideen operative has been arrested at the Mangaluru international airport here before he was to board a Dubai-bound flight.

Riyaz (32), who was residing at Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district, was picked up last night by Bengaluru Police with the help of their counterpart here, police said today.

He was held based on information provided by three suspected IM operatives who were arrested on January 8 at Bhatkal and Bengaluru.

Riyaz had been taken to Bengaluru for interrogation, police said.

With global security environment rapidly changing due to the weakening of nation states and rise of asymmetric threats, technology would be key to military preparedness, Stanford University emeritus professor Arogyaswami Paulraj said Saturday.

An oil rake wagon filled with Indian Oil fuel caught fire in Karnataka’s Belagavi District on Saturday.

The incident took place in Deshanur Village, reports said. No causalities were reported, but rail traffic was disrupted.

Two sections of the wagon caught fire. So far, flames in one section have been doused.

Further details are awaited.

—ANI

A 7-year-old girl was allegedly molested by her teacher at a local school have been sent to 14 days’ judicial custody.

“Till now, 20 people have been arrested and remanded in judicial custody. More arrests are likely soon, as we are still examining the photographs and the video footage. We are told that most of the suspects are from the neighbouring JJ Nagar and Goripalya,” senior police officer said that.

On Friday Chamarajpet MLA B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan approached City Police Commissioner M N Reddi and requested him not to arrest “innocent” people in the rioting case.

A major accident was averted on Saturday as a technical glitch led to a fire in Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s chopper.

The silence of the helicopter caught fire and all the passengers had to disembark. No injuries were reported
The CM immediately got out of the chopper when the smoke was detected. He was accompanied by his staff and the PWD Minister.

BJP’s membership campaign in Dakshina Kannada district is expected to get a boost with the scheduled visit of party’s national president Amit Shah to the city on January 27, party district president K Pratap Simha Nayak has said.

Shah would be addressing a public meeting in the city after attending the ‘Mahamastakabhisheka’ (bathing of Bhagwan Bahubali’s statue with libations like milk, sugarcane juice and sandal paste) in Karkala being held from January 21 to 31, he said in a statement here.

Police Commissioner M.N. Reddi on Friday said the investigation into the recent Church Street blast is moving in the right direction.

Reddi, however, said that he was not in a position to give any concrete update as of now because the investigation is in a very initial stage.

Three suspected operatives of banned Indian Mujahideen were arrested on Thursday for their alleged role in the recent blast here that claimed the life of a woman.

Education in Indian culture and tradition was aimed at its refinement and it would be wrong to term it as ‘saffronisation’, Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala has said.

“Some people deem education in Indian culture and refinement as saffronisation. Irrespective of these objections, we should ensure that important aspects of our culture and refinement are included in education. We are committed to continue with this task,” Vala said.

The Karnataka Police on Thursday seized substantial quantities of bomb-making chemicals and equipment in simultaneous raids conducted in Bangalore and Bhatkal.

The police also arrested three people during the raids.

“The Bangalore City Police and the Internal Security Division of the Karnataka State Police has conducted raids in Bangalore and Bhatkal town of the North Canara district. In both these locations, a lot of incriminating material has been seized,” Bangalore City Police Commissioner M N Reddi told mediapersons.

Yet another shocking incident of child abuse has come to the fore in the ‘IT city’ Bengaluru where a class II student was allegedly molested by a male teacher inside school premises, reports said on Wednesday.

The shameful incident happened couple of days back. The minor girl was allegedly molested by the Physical Education teacher, who has now been taken into custody by the Bengaluru police.

Investigation Team under Additional Commissioner of Police are examining crime scene footages from CCTV cameras for suspicious elements and has taken various leads from the Telugu newspaper used to wrap the IED to suspicious elements caught on CCTVs around the Church Street.

The accused in the blast are yet not arrested. Cops are still beating around the bushes.When asked a police officer said “No other evidence was left behind by those who triggered the blast except clues left behind on the bomb itself and also the CCTV footages from the area.

Social activists on Wednesday condemned the latest case of sexual violence to emerge from a school in Bangalore, alleging that authorities are not taking the correct measures to curtail such incidents from taking place.

The activists were referring to the alleged molestation of an eight year old girl by a physical education instructor in a Bangalore school. The accused has been taken into custody.

Police lathi-charged dozens of angry parents and used tear gas shells to disperse people protesting against the alleged sexual assault on an 8-year-old girl inside a Bengaluru school on Wednesday.

Parents on Wednesday protested outside the school demanding action against the teacher. The accused is said to be a repeat offender.

The last case was reported in December, leading to the arrest of a school attendant at a private school in East Bengaluru. At least four other incidents of sexual assault on schoolgirls were reported from the IT City in 2014.

DMK General Secetary K Anbazhagan on Tuesday filed a petition before a special bench of the Karnataka High Court, seeking removal of Special Public Prosecutor Bhavani Singh in the disproportionate assets case against former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and three others, alleging he was “sailing” with the accused.

As soon as the court began its second day of day-to-day hearing, Anbazhagan’s counsel sought removal of Singh from presenting arguments as he alleged that the SPP was “sailing” with the accused and not presenting the facts properly.

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday criticised the Karnataka government for allegedly transferring the police officer who had investigated the pro-ISIS twitter account case, adding that such a move will be a diversion from the ongoing enquiry.

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari has said India’s development plans have consistently emphasised the need for sustained investment in research and related activities leading to creation of substantial capacity and capabilities in science and technology.

The Special Bench of Karnataka High Court today began day-to-day hearing of appeals filed by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and three others challenging their conviction in the disproportionate assets case.

Justice Kumaraswamy rejected the plea of Jayalalithaa, seeking adjournment of the case till January 12 to study the copy of the Supreme Court order in the case.

Hitting back at BJP President Amit Shah for his offensive against the Congress government in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said they did not need lessons of honesty from BJP, whose former ministers and a former Chief Minister were jailed on corruption charges.

“There is no need for Congress to learn lessons of honesty from the BJP, whose former ministers and a former Chief Minister were jailed under corruption charges,” he told reporters at an event organised at Chitrakala Parishat.

The BJP embarked on a massive drive to enrol 10 million people as its members in Karnataka over the next three months, party president Amit Shah said Saturday.

“As our main objective is to free Karnataka from the Congress rule, we have set a target of enlisting one crore (10 million) voters as our members by March. We have also launched an online drive to enrol even youth as our members,” he told reporters here.

Hitting back at BJP President Amit Shah for his offensive against the Congress government in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said they did not need lessons of honesty from BJP, whose former ministers and a former Chief Minister were jailed on corruption charges.

“There is no need for Congress to learn lessons of honesty from the BJP, whose former ministers and a former Chief Minister were jailed under corruption charges,” he told reporters at an event organised at Chitrakala Parishat here.

As BJP seeks to regain its supremacy in Karnataka, party President Amit Shah today launched an offensive against the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government, calling it “non-performing”, corrupt and “defunct” with “abysmal” failure in governance and law and order.

The Siddaramaiah government had “failed” to inclusively represent the cause of 6.2 crore people and instead indulged in “sectarian populism”, Shah alleged at a press conference after the party’s core committee meeting here.

Describing the Congress government in Karnataka as non-performing, corrupt and defunct, BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday called upon the people to free the state from the ruling party.

“As the NDA freed the country from the Congress at the centre, the people should free the state from the ruling party. By joining hands with our party, the people should ensure a Congress-free Karnataka,” Shah told reporters here.